Recruiter salary in the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetro area

Pay in the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetro area against Ohio and the US

The middle half of recruiters in the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetro area earns $50,750–$80,320. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $103,010, only 2.3 times the bottom tenth, against 2.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($69,770) is 10% over the median, so a group of high earners pulls the average up; price a typical hire from the median. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $29,570 wide, against $37,890 across Ohio and $40,770 nationally: employers in the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a recruiter here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $16,710 a year in pay and about $21,561 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $12,860 in pay. These percentiles describe what people in the job earn locally, not experience levels, so place your offer by the tasks and seniority you need.

For scale, the US median of $75,940 falls between the median and the 75th percentile in the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetro area, and the Ohio statewide median of $70,180 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetro area

Pay is only part of it. Benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², which adds about $18,467 to the $63,610 median and brings it to $82,077 a year. Recruiting, equipment and office space come on top. Benefit levels vary by employer, so treat this as an estimate.

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Other roles in the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetro area, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between accountants ($71,130) and marketing specialists ($60,900). Project Coordinator is the highest at $84,590.

Measured against the US median, recruiters rank #11 of the 17 roles we track in the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetro area (-16.2%), between accountants (-15.0%) and project coordinators (-17.3%). The typical role here is at -14.5%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Recruiters hold 5.6% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetro area, 6.5% across Ohio and 5.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Ohio

Across the 16 areas of Ohio with data for this job, the median runs from $60,430 in the Southern Ohio nonmetro area to $75,440 in Columbus, a gap of $15,010 a year. All 7 areas in Ohio with more recruiters than the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetro area also pay more, among them Columbus, OH ($75,440) and Cincinnati, OH-KY ($73,010).

the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetro area is #125 of 521 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, with pay near the middle of the US range. Outside Ohio, Appleton and South Bend-Mishawaka pay just above the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetro area and Evansville and Morgantown just below. All four are within $110 a year of the median in the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many recruiters, two pay more.

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